Lupe Fiasco was a guest on Hot 97, talking Hip-Hop nerd stuff with Rosenberg and Ebro and, boy, is it one big passive aggressive battle of wills. First there’s Lupe and Ebro going back and forth over the “Thot 97″ song, which apparently the radio station took offense to. Then Ebro tries to “troll” Lupe and…I don’t know really what’s going on.

However, things pick up around the 25-minute mark when the Kendrick Lamar topic comes up. It’s pretty clear that Lupe’s competitive edge kicks in when GKMC gets mentioned and that Rosenberg is…slightly…excited about Kendrick’s status as a top MC. The result is pretty hilarious as Rosenberg spazzes at the names Lupe says are better. Also, the phrase (word?) “nut hugger” is used a lot.

And I’d be remiss to mention that the whole point of Lupe being on the show is to promote cancer research at his site WeAreOnAMission.org, the same one he released the song for recently.. So stop by there in between having your rap debates. Because there’s no debating that cancer can suck it.

Jokes aside, Lupe’s commitment to cancer awareness is admirable. Tho my issue with Lupe in recent years is even his quest for knowledge, elevation, etc. just seems to come down to yet another tool in the “I’m better than you” arsenal.

It’s like money, dope, clothes, thugging aren’t Lupe’s thing so he doesn’t use those to say he’s better than you–he uses the i’m just smarter than all of yall… It almost makes you wonder if he actually cares about some of this stuff and only uses them as props.

Maybe I’m reading too much into dude. He’s dope when he’s on. that much is proven.

Now that I think about it, a large majority of people are just going around trying to prove they’re better than other people because I guess nobody validated their existence when they were a kid. Not enough hugs, maybe?

Yea I wouldn’t say that’s exclusively limited to black twitter. Twitter as a whole, social media, even in some cases this comment section can experience that at times. At least the ppl in the TSS comments can accept being corrected on a subject from someone who might have more knowledge or a different perspective.

That’s exactly what he’s doing but then again, that’s what like 90% of music critics and fans do anyway. Take it further, that’s all Black Twitter is. One great big, insecure snapping session
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I get the feeling Lu is trolling but that aside, I know what he means and I agree. I just do not get the hype over Kendrick as the best rapper/lyricist out. I would like some “bars” track recommendations please.

On another subject, I’m coming to terms with the fact that the palate/palette of hip-hop is changing. I’ve been trying to get back into it but I can’t, somethings different. Something new is coming. A new form of music…I’m imagining similar to how punk emerged but that may be a poor example. I’m sorting it out within myself but mark my words, its coming

Kendrick is dope but he’s not the best lyricist. He is, however, at the top of hip hop as far as the current generation. GKMC was a great LP but Rosie needs to try to hide his huge boner for all things Kendrick. It’s not a good look for a radio host to be such a fanboy.

Lupe been riding that “Kendrick not that dope of a rapper” wave for a minute. I mean, keeping it a hundred, Luke’s lyricism is leagues ahead of Kendrick and you could probably argue that Lupe prior to Lasers, has a better catalog but I mean…it’s not really that important. One thing I do like though, is that Lupe isn’t disliking Kendrick and hiding his hands. The man has a belief and he stands by it. Commendable.

He left J Cole out, who for my money is the best overall rapper in the game. Lupe is not some ol head who should be talkin about young’ns in the game, hes still in his prime and has at least one more classic in him, snap out of it and make great music (keyword being music, more than just lyrics). Oh, and Fuck Cancer…